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Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live - August 2007 The Herald - By Neil Cooper - August 11th, 2007
Literary groupies take note. Fawning fan-boy interviews aren’t just the preserve of contemporary lit stars. As Stewart Lee’s loose-knit new play puts two of the eighteenth century’s most eminent men of letters into an initially chummy Jonathan Ross-style chat show format, it’s proved beyond doubt that authors in the flesh don’t always resemble their finest…
Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live ★★★★ - August 2007 Fest Magazine - By R.J. Thomson - August 11th, 2007
Stewart Lee branches out into high culture while staying rooted in comedy for this postmodern revue Stewart Lee’s writing is becoming increasingly confident. Having won plaudits and awards for his stripped down standup material and for the overblown Jerry Springer – The Opera, his new work Late But Live falls somewhere – very roughly –…
Johnson and ‘Bozza’ in the land of deep-fried pizza - August 2007 The Telegraph - August 10th, 2007
Samuel Johnson didn’t mince his words when identifying deficiencies in the Scotland he travelled through with his friend and biographer James Boswell in the autumn of 1773. In his Journey to the Western Islands he variously identified a “sullen scrupulousness and warlike ferocity”, bemoaned the lack of trees (“a tree might be a show in…